The Archive · 1940

Bombings Not Stopped

Tokyo, Feb. 28.

France's attitude will! determine whether or not Japanese naval aircraft will resume attacks upon the Yunnan Railway, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, spokesman for the Japanese Foreign Office declared today.

He denied that Mr. Masayuki Tani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs had given assurances yesterday to M. Charles Arsene-Henry, French Ambassador to Japan, that Japanese raids on the railway would be discontini

case military necessity calls for such,"

"Aerial attacks will be Mr. Suma said. "Everything depends on the French Government," he added.

The spokesman declared that the question of a suspension of Japanese attacks upon the line would be taken up between Mr. Tani and the French envoy at a future meeting—Domel,

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